user
Write a response that appropriately completes the request.

### Instruction:
Recommend three practices for reducing food waste.

### Response:
assistant
1. Educating consumers and providing simple tips on how to plan meals, store food properly and practice mindful eating. 
2. Encouraging restaurants and other foodservice establishments to donate surplus food to food banks, soup kitchens, or other food banks. 
3. Encouraging farmers, grocers, and other food businesses to donate rejected produce to food banks or compost it.